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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope

Reference number: HS/21/195

Date: 26 October 1835

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Copy of a letter. C. P. Smyth arrived at Cape on 10 October; Thomas Maclear seems pleased with his work. Asks William Henry Smyth to continue observing Gamma Virginis; John Frederick William Herschel has observed it only as a single star in recent attempts. Thanks William Henry Smyth for distributing meteorological brochures. George Eden visits and will send meteorological observations from India.

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HS/21/195
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26 October 1835
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3 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Smyth, dated at Feldhausen, Cape of Good Hope, 26 October 1835, HS/21/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_195/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-smyth-dated-at-feldhausen-cape-of-good-hope, accessed on 07 November 2025

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